Béjaïa climate — normals and trends
Béjaïa (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 706 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Béjaïa averages 0 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Béjaïa has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 24 July 2021) and the coldest -0.2 °C (on 31 December 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BéjaïaBéjaia Province
- coords
- 36.76°, 5.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
13.9°C
Annual rainfall
706mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.6 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
64 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.0 °C
24 July 2021
Coldest day
-0.2 °C
31 December 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
5 October 1957
Windiest day
46.5 km/h
7 March 1985
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
12 December 1967
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-5.8 °C
3 February 1956
Snowiest day
9.9 cm
2 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 160 mm | +73 mm |
| Feb | 16.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 65 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 81 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 86 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 98 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 19.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 103 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 16.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Béjaïa?
Béjaïa has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 706 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Béjaïa?
The hottest day measured in Béjaïa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Béjaïa?
The coldest day measured in Béjaïa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Béjaïa?
Yes. Béjaïa gets on average 1.6 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Béjaïa warmed?
Yes: Béjaïa warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Béjaïa?
The wettest day measured in Béjaïa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Béjaïa?
The windiest day measured in Béjaïa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1985, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Béjaïa?
The warmest month in Béjaïa is August (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Béjaïa?
Béjaïa receives on average 706 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Béjaïa?
Béjaïa gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Béjaïa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Béjaïa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, with 9.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Béjaïa?
Yes: Béjaïa has on average 64 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Béjaïa?
In Béjaïa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 18 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 3 February 1956.
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